Type II decompression sickness in naval hypobaric chambers: A case of mistaken identity?

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 841-846

  Rice, G Merrill ^a   Moore Jr , Jeffrey L ^a  

^a Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude DCS; Aviation injuries; Paresthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALTITUDE; AVIATION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVING; FEMALE; FLIGHT; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAVY; PARESTHESIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE CHAMBER; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OXYGEN; PARESTHESIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 24644464677     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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